Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-22

| ASA toWA bASSt. SIG llotSI uIldScO Tue.
She spanked the baby before she had
been III the house twenty -four hours
because he had tracked her clean floor
and she left before another twenty.
four had elapsed because objected
to her taking the rocking chair and
sewing on the front veranda in the
afternoon. She said if she was not
good enough to sit or the front veran-
da, she was not good enough to work
in my kitchen, and away she went"
"Like the cat in the nursery rhyme.
Do you remember? I think that one
of the most absurdlv fascinating lit
tie rhymes ever sung to delighted
baby:
The old cat sat in the fodder stack,
A making OF 81 new night cap;
She ripped, she tore, she vowed, sheswore
She swore she wouldn t sit there anymore
And away she went. Well, who
came next? Was it the Queen of the
Carnival of Venice?"
"She who held nightly receptions in
the kitchen? She who entertained her
sisters and her cousins and her aunts,
her uncles and her brothers and her
beaux, until the wee sma' hours? It
was she; and when objected-trem-
bllngly and hesitatingly objected to
SO much loud hilarity to so late an
hour every night, she too folded her
tent like the Arab and stole away"
| "And next?"
| "Nancy came next. You remember
Nancy; her offence was Shakesperean;
it smelled to heaven! Ugh! wasn't
she Il filthy creature?"
Remember her? l should say
did, Evelyn. You may break, you
may shatter the rose if you will, but
the scent OF that servant girl fingers
there still. But I believe she was
more tractable than her predecessors.
She listened to your suggestions and
endeavored to profit by them"
| 'Tractable? Yes, she made tracks
very soon I believe, after l had sug-
gested to her the propriety OF being
a little heater in her dress, and dis
covered her sailing forth to church
the next evening. decked in my India
shawl and best bonnet"
| Evelyn, fear you were unreason-
able with that girl. You nipped her
early efforts at reform in the bud.
| You crushed her young ambition.
She had listened gratefully to your
| suggestions about her dress, and she
strove earnestly to please you. A
| less thoughtful or ambitious girl might
have selected your second best bonnet
and your common street jacket to
wear. Not so Nancy. Anxious to
prove to you her earnest effort at re-
form, she made a choice of the best
garments your wardrobe afforded,
aud yet you were dissatisfied With
her. do not wonder she went away"
Nor I, John. I never wondered a
minute over that girls departure. 1t
| seems to me the most natural occur
renee in the world"
Dinner is served"
1t was q low, sweet voice that made
the announcement, and a bright, hand
some, youthful face beamed upon us
Tor moment at the doorway, and
then vanished. It was the voice and
face OF Mollie, our treasure,
We went out to the dining room to
find an exquisitely arranged table,
| every detail perfect, and q dinner which
would have done credit to French
cook.
"Now, isn't this delightful" cried
Evelyn, land Mollie has done it all
herself; | never went into the kitchen
once to-day. She says if I give her an
idea Of the style OF dinner we want, it
Is all she requires"
"And she is on time, too," 1 said,
looking at my watch. ''That is a
startling virtue in itself"
Il tell you she is a treasure, John;
she l9 is 50 young, too not over twenty,
"But am afraid she will soon have
host of followers. She is almost
too pretty. It must be that ghast-
ly fault turks somewhere about her.
If she does not disclose one soon I
shall fear death is about to clutch me,
and this is the hour of respite grant,
ed me before l die. No doubt the
trouble will come through her follow
ers."
ooh, no! that is all arranged now.
She is engaged to g. young fellow about
her own age; the grocer's clerk, I be-
lieve he is. He comes here twice each
week in the evening and stays till ten
o'clock. That is all the company she
has save her sister and an aunt, who
have called twice since she came"
"Well. if she is engaged, then she'll
be getting married and leaving us to
the mercies of the cold and cruel world
again."
."Oh, no, not for two or three years
at least, she says. She talked to me
very frankly and sweetly about it;
told mo this young man was her lover,
and the only follower she had. lido
not like his face, he is not her equal,
am sure. He seems like common
sort of fellow, but she is evidently very
fond of him, and am sure I would
lar rather she should see one lover
twice week than have avariety COM
ing here at all times"
As the days wore on our treasure
developed new. and admirable quail
ties; she won the baby's heart COM
pletely, so. that he was perfectly con-
tent. to be with her for hours at q
time. Is it :, 1 I'LL -
She was a model of neatness, and so
pretty and bright in her fresh, quaint
little cap, that all our visitors imme-
diately expressed admiration for
our domestic. Then she, was always
smiling, and her work seemed to
be q real enjoyment. to her.
| never. saw her look cross. or irritable
no matter how tired shewas, and she
never complained when q housefui OF
! company droppedin upon us as was
| frequently the case, and. accepted al
most with reluctance, and always
with profuse thanks, such extra fees
| as gave her at these times. 81
What a blessing she is!' Evelyn
said to me over and over. 81 am
GROWING ahSn11fclu fond If %her ~ 81